Helpful Utility Network Links

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This article contains a list of content that will be useful in your journey with the ArcGIS Utility Network. It includes links to learning content, blogs, and other informative content to help you along the way. You can also find several "cheat sheets" you can print out and reference for identifying and resolving your topology and subnetwork errors.

I recommend most users start with the Getting Started with the ArcGIS Utility Network learning series (or one of the industry-specific playlists below) and the Learning about the ArcGIS Utility Network article. These two resources contain links to dozens of articles, blogs, videos, and other content to help get you up to speed on the ArcGIS Utility Network.

Learning Series

• Learn ArcGIS Utility Network for Electric Utilities
  • Utility Network Resources for Electric Utilities
• Learn ArcGIS Utility Network for Gas and Pipeline
  • Managing Gas Pipe Networks with ArcGIS Utility Network and ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing
• Learn ArcGIS Utility Network for Sewer and Stormwater
• Learn ArcGIS Utility Network for Water Utilities
  • Utility Network Resources for Water Utilities
• Getting Started with the ArcGIS Utility Network
  • Migrating to the ArcGIS Utility Network
  • Managing Topology with the ArcGIS Utility Network
  • Managing Subnetworks with the ArcGIS Utility Network
  • Learn Network Diagrams

Webinars and Videos

Esri Video - ArcGIS Utility Network Channel

• Utility Network Shorts
• Product Demonstrations
• Customer Stories
• User Conference
• IMGIS
• Developer's Summit
• Webinars
• and more! 

General Information

Introduction

• Utility Network Vocabulary
• ArcGIS Utility Network product page
• ArcGIS Utility Network Resources

Releases, Versions, and What's New

• Network Management Release Plan (2024)
• What's new for the ArcGIS Utility Network in 2024
• Introducing the ArcGIS Advanced Editing user type extension
  • ArcGIS Enterprise Functionality Matrix (licensing)
• What's new in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1 for Utility Network
• What's new in ArcGIS Pro 3.1 for Utility Network
• What's new in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1 and ArcGIS Pro 2.9 for Utility Network
• What's new in ArcGIS Pro 2.7 for Utility Network
• What's new in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.1 and ArcGIS Pro 2.6 for Utility Network
• What's new in ArcGIS Pro 2.5 for Utility Network
• Field Maps and Utility Network Version 7 Considerations (esri.com)

Utility network administration

• Utility network management tasks
• Upgrading and moving utility network datasets
• Version Compatibility Matrix
• Utility Network Version Upgrade History
• Set Subnetwork Definition

Utility Network Journey

• First Steps
• Integration Strategies
• Non-Network Integration Strategies
• Network Integration Strategies
  • Parsing Utility Network JSON Files
• Design to Operations

Creating Business Value

• Moving forward
  • Baby Steps to Quantum Leap
  • Software Customization for Utilities is so 90's
  • ArcGIS Utility Network: Out of the box
• System Reliability
  • System Reliability Story map
  • Infrastructure Maintenance and the Geographic Approach
  • Calculating the Consequence of Failure
  • Enterprise GIS and Infrastructure Management

Asset Packages

• Asset Package Schema
• Asset Package Configurations
• Renaming items in an Asset Package

Apps, Maps, and Services

• Managing utility network maps
• Managing utility network feature services
• Publishing and configuring utility network services
• Recommended ArcGIS Pro project settings
• Managing named trace configurations
• Tracing a utility network in experience builder

Configuration

• Understanding Subnetworks: Status
• Understanding Subnetworks: Events
• Best practices for named trace configurations

Utility Network Development

• Utility Network Concepts for developers
• Arcade
  • Arcade Profile Reference
  • Arcade Function Reference
  • Version Compatibility Matrix
  • Arcade Expression Community Samples
  • Additional Arcade Resources 
• .NET
  • Utility Network Community Samples (ArcGIS Pro SDK)
  • ArcGIS Utility Network (ArcGIS Maps SDK for .Net)
  • Pro Concepts - Utility Network
  • Pro Snippets - Utility Network
• Python
  • Utility network properties (arcpy)
  • Utility Network Server (ArcGIS API for Python)
  • Utility Network Server (ArcGIS Rest APIs)

Solutions, Tools, and Add-Ins

Data models and deployment

• Introducing the Utility Network Foundations
  • Introducing the Essential Models 
  • Simplifying ArcGIS Utility Network migrations
  • Utility Network Foundations
• Utility Network Package Toolbox
  • Asset Package Schema
  • Deploying different configurations
  • Renaming items in your asset package
  • Data Migration Best Practices (Technical Article)

Misc Tools

• Utility Data Management Support Tools
  • Create Simple Data Mapping 
  • Create Migration Workspace
  • Summarize Utility Network Errors
    • Querying the Dirty Areas table (Bitwise)
  • Export Reporting Data
  • Apply Terminal Rule Tool
• Terminal Assignment toolbox
• Utility Network Properties Extractor
• Data Loading Toolbox
  • As of ArcGIS Pro 3.2 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2 the data loading tools are now installed with the product as the Data Loading toolbox.

Branch Versioning

Videos

• Getting to know Branch Versioning
• Version Management with ArcGIS

Articles

• To Branch or Not to Branch
• Branch Versioning: Setting the Stage
• Editing and Administration with Branch Versioning - It's Showtime!
• QA/QC workflow with branch versioned data
• Manage Your Branch Versions with ArcGIS Experience Builder
• Version administrator for branch versioned data
• Branch Versioning and SQL blog
  • Example Branch Version queries

Network Diagrams

Learning

• Learn Network Diagrams
• Use Network Diagrams for quality assurance

Videos

• Customize Diagram Templates Using ModelBuilder
• Apply Map Symbols to Diagrams
• Network Diagram Build Process Demo
• Defining Nice Layers for Better Network Diagrams

Articles

• Understanding network diagrams: What they are
• Understanding network diagrams: When to use them
• Understanding network diagrams: How to configure them
• Create a Network Diagram: The Beginner's Guide
• Best practices to configure great diagram templates
• Optimizing layer definitions on your diagram templates
• How do utility or trace network changes impact network diagrams?
• How network diagram consistency states switch during a workflow
• A tale of two network diagrams: Subnetwork system diagrams and standard diagrams
• Editing in network diagrams
• Porting ArcGIS Desktop Schematic Diagrams to ArcGIS Pro Network Diagrams

Can you think of any content I missed? Have any feedback on additional content you'd like to see? Comment down below!

[Pat_Hohl]

This is a gold mine! Thanks, Robert. 

[bmberede]

Thank you for this. bookmarked!

[MuhammadQasim]

I am about to appear for the Esri Certification exam (ArcGIS Utility Network 20-001). Found this documentation very helpful and at the right time. Thank you, Robert.

[RobertKrisher]

@MuhammadQasim Good luck!

[MatheusSparapani]

Thank you for this @RobertKrisher!

[HemendranathMoravapalle]

Hi everyone - i'm looking for Telecom related  UN article.

appreciate if anyone can suggest few that are available in ESRI site.

many thanks in advance.

[RobertKrisher]

@HemendranathMoravapalle 

ArcGIS Utility Network – Managing the Modern Utility and Telecom (esri.com)

Communications Utility Network Foundation Workflows (arcgis.com)

[RViswanadha]

📢 Thank you @RobertKrisher 

[robertopepato_bizpoke]

Thank you for sharing this @RobertKrisher . This is very helpful in providing guidance and a path for the community to learn about every important aspect of UN.

I think there is a minor issue with the link to the webinar "Migrating and Implementation of the ArcGIS Utility Network". It links to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J66bYFAVck (which is the same link as the "The Business Values of the ArcGIS Utility Network" webinar). I believe that the correct target for "Migrating and Implementation of the ArcGIS Utility Network" link should be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cudpvQGiOnM

[RobertKrisher]

@robertopepato_bizpoke Good catch! I've updated the link in the article.

[AbigailJuozapaitis]

Hello, 

Very helpful list of articles, so thanks for posting! I recently upgraded from UN 3 to UN 5 and am running into Warning 24099: The web layer being published cannot be consumed by ArcGIS Pro without all the <value> layers being present, when trying to share it. I cannot figure out how to resolve this and to my knowledge have all the UN layers/related tables in the map when publishing. Any recommendations or known problems with this when upgrading to UN 5? 

Thanks in advance.  

Abby 

[RobertKrisher]

@AbigailJuozapaitis check out the utility network upgrade history link on this page. We introduced several new layers and table to the utility network with the v4 utility network. That page will walk you through all the steps you need to take for each release, so you will need to do everything called out in the v4 changes and v5 changes.

We also introduced many new capabilities and features, so I would recommend you also check out the links for the "What's New in the ArcGIS Utility Network".

[Omar_A]

This is a treasure of information! Definitely will be a resource for my learning and development path. Thanks, @RobertKrisher 

Best, 

Omar

[JoseVR]

Oh my... this is awesome. There is a lot of content, I hope've enough time to read it all.

Thank you.